Sir John Bennett LTD London
pocket watch with minute repeater and chronograph, c. 1900
Case: gold 750, number 134738, savonette, slider to release the striking mechanism, pusher for chronograph, diameter c. 53 mm, English import hallmark London 1906-1998, inside with coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
Movement: manual winding, partly gilt lever movement, wolf’s tooth winding, blued screws, stop function via control wheel, compensation balance, Breguet overcoil spring, 2 hammers on gongs
Dial: enamel, Roman numerals, 60-minute index, small second
The inside features the coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain with the words "Dieu et mon droit" (French for God and my right) and "Honi soit qui mal y pense" (Old French: shame on anyone who thinks evil of it).
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pocket watch with minute repeater and chronograph, c. 1900
Case: gold 750, number 134738, savonette, slider to release the striking mechanism, pusher for chronograph, diameter c. 53 mm, English import hallmark London 1906-1998, inside with coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
Movement: manual winding, partly gilt lever movement, wolf’s tooth winding, blued screws, stop function via control wheel, compensation balance, Breguet overcoil spring, 2 hammers on gongs
Dial: enamel, Roman numerals, 60-minute index, small second
The inside features the coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain with the words "Dieu et mon droit" (French for God and my right) and "Honi soit qui mal y pense" (Old French: shame on anyone who thinks evil of it).
Specialist: Günter Eichberger
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